Day 768 - Knesset debates death penalty for terrorists
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Political correspondent Sam Sokol and tech editor Sharon Wrobel join host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again declined to form a state commission of inquiry into the events that led up to October 7 in a Knesset debate, Sokol discusses that members of the prime minister's own Likud party have argued in favor of the commission process.
A death penalty policy against terrorist acts passed its first reading in the plenum after many delays. Sokol notes that the bill is unlikely to pass the High Court test, as it applies to those who kill Israelis, but not to Jewish terrorists.
Remilk, non-cow-based milk, is about to reach the Israeli market and Wrobel describes the makeup of the milk and its development process.
As the Israeli tech community in New York City anticipates the arrival of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Wrobel discusses expectations for whether the pro-Palestinian mayor will be hostile to Israeli businesses and freeze them out of government contracts.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Netanyahu bucks calls for state inquiry into Oct. 7, claims public won’t trust it
Knesset advances bill mandating death penalty for terrorists who killed Israelis
Lab-made milk set to start pouring into Israeli dairy aisles, cafes
Mamdani win rattles Israeli business community in New York City
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily Briefing. It is Wednesday, November 12th, and I'm Jessica Steinberg. |
| 0:09.2 | Before we begin today, I just want to mention something that we're offering at TOI, a series of Israeli documentary films that you can watch from home with English subtitles. |
| 0:18.0 | After each film, you can ask questions directly to the filmmakers in the |
| 0:21.6 | exclusive Q&R webinars that we host. It's called DocuNation, and it's available to meet members of our |
| 0:28.0 | reader support group, the Times Visual community. For more info, just go to timesavisual.com |
| 0:33.0 | slash films. That's timesavisual.com slash films. I'm speaking today with political correspondent, |
| 0:38.7 | Sam Sokol and tech editor Sharon Roble. Hi to you both. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. |
| 0:44.8 | It is a 768 of the war. White House advisor Jared Kushner and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu |
| 0:51.1 | are still speaking here in Jerusalem and seeking a solution |
| 0:55.3 | regarding the 100 or so Hamas terrorists that are still in rough-up tunnels in Gaza. |
| 1:02.4 | On Israel's side of the Yellow Sea Spire Line, that's been an issue that's been dealt with for |
| 1:08.8 | several days and a solution has not been found. |
| 1:11.7 | Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermar officially resigned from his ministerial role, |
| 1:17.8 | and in his resignation letter he lauded the Prime Minister and the government for its response |
| 1:22.8 | to October 7th. |
| 1:24.7 | Today, we will discuss the Prime minister's still continual rejection of opposition |
| 1:30.4 | calls to establish a state commission of inquiry into the failures of October 7th, and that created |
| 1:36.3 | October 7th. We will also talk about a controversial bill to impose the death penalty on terrorists |
| 1:42.4 | who have killed Israelis. |
| 1:51.8 | And on the business side of things, we will discuss lab-made milk coming to the Israeli market and shelves, |
| 2:00.4 | and how the Zharanam Dani win, the mayoral win in New York City, is rattling the Israeli business community there in Manhattan. |
| 2:01.9 | Stay with us. |
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